Overview

• Judges convicted Benko of harming creditors over a €300,000 gift to his mother and acquitted him over a €360,000 rent and operating-cost prepayment.
• The two-year prison term is ordered without suspension, the verdict is not yet final, and Benko remains in pretrial detention after his January arrest.
• Prosecutors argued the transfers were made as insolvency loomed, while the defense rejected the charges and signaled disagreement with the decision.
• This case is one of roughly 14 related proceedings linked to the Signa collapse, with further allegations including serious fraud, breach of trust and corruption under investigation.
• An insolvency administrator testified that Benko’s estate holds about €900,000 on the insolvency account against roughly €45 million in recognized creditor claims.